Hello,
Related to: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2015-08/msg00036.html
What do you think about the following wording for a new FAQ entry:
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Q.
Please add progress bar to cp/mv/dd
A.
Progress bar for cp,mv commands has been deemed unwarranted.
see
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/rejected_requests.html#cp";>reject
requests for cp</a>
and <a
href="http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2015-08/msg00036.html";>previous
discussions</a>.
The recommended way to copy files with progress information is to use
`rsync` :
$ rsync -P srcfile dstfile
For dd, starting coreutils version 8.24 (released on July 2015) dd has a
new option `status=progress` to print progress information. See
<a href="http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2015-07/msg00056.html";>short
tutorial</a>
and
<a
href="http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=af2a4ed22594badd2719c0123441d69b17bd8328";>commit</a>.
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Also,
Attached is a small patch for the FAQ html page, to add anchors to the
program sections (this way we can point to the specific program's
rejected ideas).
regards,
- assaf
--- rejected_requests.html 2015-09-02 21:24:54.472227492 -0000
+++ rejected_requests-with-anchors.html 2015-09-02 21:29:17.600222065 -0000
@@ -120 +120 @@ detailed on the linked mailing list disc
-<h3>cat</h3>
+<h3><a name="cat">cat</a></h3>
@@ -130 +130 @@ detailed on the linked mailing list disc
-<h3>chmod</h3>
+<h3><a name="chmod">chmod</a></h3>
@@ -144 +144 @@ detailed on the linked mailing list disc
-<h3>cp</h3>
+<h3><a name="cp">cp</a></h3>
@@ -160 +160 @@ detailed on the linked mailing list disc
-<h3>cut</h3>
+<h3><a name="cut">cut</a></h3>
@@ -172 +172 @@ detailed on the linked mailing list disc
-<h3>date</h3>
+<h3><a name="date">date</a></h3>
@@ -179 +179 @@ detailed on the linked mailing list disc
-<h3>dd</h3>
+<h3><a name="dd">dd</a></h3>
@@ -189 +189 @@ detailed on the linked mailing list disc
-<h3>df</h3>
+<h3><a name="df">df</a></h3>
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-<h3>du</h3>
+<h3><a name="du">du</a></h3>
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-<h3>join</h3>
+<h3><a name="join">join</a></h3>
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-<h3>ls</h3>
+<h3><a name="ls">ls</a></h3>
@@ -227 +227 @@ detailed on the linked mailing list disc
-<h3>mv</h3>
+<h3><a name="mv">mv</a></h3>
@@ -235 +235 @@ detailed on the linked mailing list disc
-<h3>rm</h3>
+<h3><a name="rm">rm</a></h3>
@@ -246 +246 @@ detailed on the linked mailing list disc
-<h3>shred</h3>
+<h3><a name="shred">shred</a></h3>
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-<h3>sort</h3>
+<h3><a name="sort">sort</a></h3>
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-<h3>touch</h3>
+<h3><a name="touch">touch</a></h3>
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-<h3>uniq</h3>
+<h3><a name="uniq">uniq</a></h3>
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-<h3>stat</h3>
+<h3><a name="stat">stat</a></h3>
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-<h3>*sum</h3>
+<h3><a name="sum">*sum</a></h3>
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-<h3>wc</h3>
+<h3><a name="wc">wc</a></h3>
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-<h3>misc</h3>
+<h3><a name="misc">misc</a></h3>
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-<h3>New commands</h3>
+<h3><a name="newcmd">New commands</a></h3>
